The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1887-06-10
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swords, commissions, ETC.. to his wife his
real estate in Washington and Newark, O.,
and also the household furniture.
THE EAST.
Ar the Brooklyn Athletic Club games
recently W. Byrdpage, of the University
of Pennsylvania, broke his own record at
the high jump, with one exception beating
all records. He jumped 6 feet 2 1-16 inches,
but sprained his ankle in the attempt.
A LARGE eight-story warehouse in New
York, bounded by King, Charlton, West
and Washington streets, and its valuable
contents Of cotton, rags, wine and general
merchandise, was almost entirely consumed
by fire on the 31st. The loss was estimated
at from $3.50, 900 to $35O, 600.
JOHN w. DAVIS, of Pawtucket, was in
augurated as Governor Of Rhode Island on
the 3lst. The counting of the ballots by a
committee for presentation to the joint
legislative council occupied the entire day
No election was declared as to Lieutenant
Governor.
Coke strikers at Davidson, near Scott
dale, Pa, recently attempted to blow up the
works with dynamite.
Four million feet of lumber owned in
Buffalo, N. Y, burned at Heating Summit,
Pa, recently.
by q collision between mail and q freight
train in the suburbs of Shamokin, Pa, re-
Gently, two persons were fatally injured
and much damage done.
EXECUTIONS aggregating sl05, ass have
been entered at Norristown, Pa, against
Daniel o. Hitner, an extensive quarry and
ore miner.
Miss CATHERINE L. WOLFE, by a clause
in her will, authorized her executors to de-
-ofo 4 fnvx I'd Eric
dral in New York to be called the Cathedral
of ''St. John, the Divine" The cathedral
will cost Sc, OOO, 900 and will be one of the
largest buildings in the world.
BoTH houses of the Legislature of New
Hampshire met in joint convention on the
LIST and filled vacancies in the senatorial
districts. The ballot for Governor resulted:
Thomas Cogswell, of Gilmanton Demo
craft, l46; Charles H. Sawyer, (Repub-
Iican), las Mr.. Sawyer was declared
elected.
The New York Dairy Commissioners
visited the dairy farm of Edward Brady,
in Westchester County, recently and found
his herd suffering from pleuro- pneumonia
They made an appraisal Of the animals and
awarded Brady $4,000 for 30 head. The
cows were all killed and the barns burned.
CAPTAIN JACK HUssEr, Of Castle Garden,
New York, the savior Of thirty-four per-
sons from drowning and the proud posses
sor of number of medals of honor from
Congress, the Legislature and other bodies,
was fatally shot through the body the other
night by Policeman c. Hannisi, in front of
his own house. No reason was assigned
for the shooting.
JAY GOULD was reported suffering from
a severe cold. An unfounded rumor start.
T,,ll etvno hat hav hood
A SPECIAL from Malone, n. Y, Of the I'd
says "Ex-vlce President William A.
Wheeler is dying. He is unconscious. and,
while he may live several days, his death
at any moment would not be unexpected -
Two carloads Of Texas ponies that had
been shipped from Texas to Eastern Penn
sylvania, and had been wrongly shipped to
Bangor, Me-, were unloaded recently after
they had been eighteen days without food.
Several Of the animals were dead and those
thatwe alive were in q terribly emaciated
condition. No drivers were with them.
PRoF. SUMNER, of Yale College, has been
appointed member of the Board of Visit
Ors to the Naval Academy, completing the
membership Of the board.
The body of George 81. Disque, the wife
murderer who was hanged in Jersey City,
n j., recently, was incinerated at Fresh
Pond, N. Y, two days afterward.. Brief
religious services were held in which some
of Disque's relatives took part, before the
body was placed in the retort-
The Synod of the Reformed Presbyterian
Church of America, in session at New
burg, n. Y, adopted a resolution declaring
that the violation of the Sabbath by the
Post-office Department was one of the
greatest SINS Of the Government as well
as one Of the greatest causes Of Sabbath
Dissertation throughout the whole common
wealth
The long strike Of the brewery employees
Of Philadelphia ended in q compromise.
THB three Pinkerton men on trial for the
murder Of the boy Hogan during the labor
struggle at Jersey City, N. j., last Janu-
airy were acquitted by the jury.